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Fans may be happy, but the Red Wings are ecstatic about their 2013-14 schedule.

"Well, it's exceptionally good when you consider what we've done in the past," Red Wings executive vice president Jimmy Devellano said of schedule, which was released Friday by the NHL. "The fact that we move east, that in and by itself makes it so much better.

"It's a good schedule when you look at it. You see that we go out to western Canada just one time and we clean up all four teams in one trip." ...